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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tuala-uta Representative Larry Sanitoa has advised the Attorney General Fainu’ulelei Falefatu Ala’ilima Utu to take a close look at claims spread by people who refuse to get vaccinated that local people have died from the COVID-19 vaccination. Sanitoa’s comment was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A local Non-Profit Organization group called, “Amerika Samoa Ala Mai” (ASAM) is calling out to government leaders to slow down with their plans for a vaccine mandate and give the community the opportunity to get answers to the many questions they’re asking, before...
Apia, SAMOA — Today is the second and final day of lockdown in Samoa with health authorities going door to door to administer COVID-19 vaccines.
Around 7,000 doses of AstraZeneca were administered on Thursday as part of the two-day roll out.
Despite the strict lockdown, from 8am to 6pm, it is not...
Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA — The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has changed the way people live around the world. As of late August 2021, more than 630,000 people have died in the United States alone. Health experts agree that COVID-19 vaccines are one important way to help bring...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A legal ruling in Texas is opening the door to mandatory vaccinations in Hawaii, according to Hawaii’s attorney general.
A federal judge allowed a Houston hospital to fire workers who refused to be vaccinated. The attorney general said that means the state can also...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While American Samoa’s vaccination numbers are still not at the level that health authorities say would adequately protect the territory if COVID-19 were to make its way here, the American Samoa Government (ASG) is looking at other ideas to encourage people to get...
Health Department medical personnel and others involved with the COVID-19 vaccination team pose for a photo earlier this month at Amanave village, where COVID vaccinations were administered at the Amanave CCCAS church for residents from villages on the far west side of Tutuila. This Saturday, June...
This Health Department photo posted on its Facebook page shows local soldiers of the US Army Reserve registering before getting the COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs (DYWA) vaccination site last Friday. [photo: DoH]
This photo provided by the Department of Homeland Security shows some of StarKist Samoa’s employees during a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Apr. 13th at the plant. According to the COVID Task Force information, 324 workers were vaccinated, a majority of them for their first shot. [photo: ASG]
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa’s Covid-19 vaccination program started, Sunday (yesterday Samoa time) with caretaker Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr Sailele Malielegaoi the first to receive his initial injection of the 2-dose Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
Asked at the launch if he would be first to receive the...